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Saeed bin Wahf al-Qahtani

al-Hady al-Nabawi fi Tarbiyat al-Awlad fi Daw al-Kitab wa al-Sunna

Author died
1440 AH
Editions
Safir Press

al-Hady al-Nabawi fi Tarbiyat al-Awlad fi Daw al-Kitab wa al-Sunna (Prophetic Guidance in the Upbringing of Children in the Light of the Quran and the Sunnah) is a treatise on Islamic parenting and child-rearing by Saeed bin Ali bin Wahf al-Qahtani (d. 1440 AH / 2018 CE) . It explores the principles, methods, and responsibilities of raising children from infancy through youth in accordance with scriptural texts and Prophetic guidance .

Composition and Context

Al-Qahtani originally drafted the foundational text of the treatise during the second half of 1402 AH (1982 CE) . He later re-examined, edited, and expanded the work with additional beneficial material, completing the revised edition on the morning of Sunday, 1 Rajab 1431 AH (2010 CE) .

Structure and Contents

The book is structured into twenty-four thematic chapters (mabahith) detailing various rights, developmental stages, and pedagogical approaches :

  1. The importance of raising children in Islam .
  2. The importance of choosing a righteous wife in child-rearing .
  3. The 'aqiqah sacrifice and selecting a good name as rights of children over their parents .
  4. The importance of spending on the family from lawful (halal) earnings .
  5. Playing and joking with children .
  6. Health care .
  7. Breastfeeding (rida'ah) .
  8. Child custody (hadanah) .
  9. Financial maintenance of children (nafaqah) .
  10. Providing religious education .
  11. Teaching them an honorable trade or craft to earn a livelihood .
  12. Intellectual and cognitive care .
  13. Accustoming children to virtuous character .
  14. Disciplining them with Prophetic etiquette .
  15. Justice and fairness among children .
  16. Forbearance and gentleness with them .
  17. Showing mercy to children .
  18. Being affectionate, informal, and bringing joy to children .
  19. Accompanying and befriending them after puberty .
  20. Teaching them how to choose righteous companions .
  21. The benefits and fruits of good upbringing .
  22. The harms of poor upbringing .
  23. Prophetic guidance in the upbringing of youth .
  24. Upbringing and disciplining with force when necessary .

In the final chapter, the author notes that gentleness, leniency, and compassion represent the primary method of education, while physical discipline is viewed as a last resort akin to medical surgery, permitted only when gentler approaches fail and subject to strict legal conditions .

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